Gas-generator



G. H. BENTLEY AND E. G. APPLEBY. GAS GENERATOR.

APPUCATION r|Lo mu 1. i919.

1,343,995. Patented June 22,1920.

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G. H. BENTLEY AND E. G. APPLEBY.

GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATION man JULY 1. 1919.

1,343,995. Patented June 22, 1920.

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G. H. BENTLEY AND E. G. APPLEBY.

Patented 1...... 22, 1920-.

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,v x I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE HERBERT BENTLEY AND EDMUND GARDNER APPEEEY, oE wEsTM INsrEE,

LONDON, ENGLAND.

GAS-GENERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 22, 1920.

Application filed Jul 7, 1919. semi No. 308,997.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE -HERBERT BENTLEY and EDMUND GARDNER APPLEEY, both subjects of the King of Great'Britain, residing at 12, The Broadway, Westminster, London, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gas-Generators, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for feeding fuel to gas generators or the like.

According to this invention a drum is so mounted that it. delivers fuel centrally into the mouth of the generator and the drum is rotated about two axes at right angles to each other. The drum is mounted upon a horizontal shaft to which is keyed a toothed wheel meshing with. a fixed ring of teeth,

and upon a frame, in which the drum together with its shaft is carried, is a horizontal rachet ring adapted to be given by a pawl so that the drumis rotated about a vertical axis by means of the ratchet ring and is also rotated about a horizontal axis by means of the toothed wheel and fixed ring of teeth. 2 3

Alternatively the frame is rotated by means of a driving pinion gearing with a rack fixed to the base of the frame andupon the horizontal shaft carrying the drum is a bevel wheel meshing with another bevel wheel on one end of another shaft to the other end of which is fixed a pinion meshing with a fixed rack, so that when the frame is turned the feed drum is actuated.

The annexed drawings show apparatus made in accordance with this invention.

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section,

of one apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a plan and Fig. 3 a vertical section of another apparatus. In Fig. 3 pokers for agitating the fuel are also shown, these however. are omitted in Fig. 1.

A frame 10 is mounted on,ball bearings 1.01 on the top of the generator, the frame being guided at its upper end by means of rollers 102. Above the frame is an orifice 11 leading to.,a feed drum 12 of ordinary construction on a shaft 121 adapted to turn in bearings 122. The drum 12, which as beforel stated is of ordinary construction, is constructed to receive and deliver its contents in the usual way to a distributing cone (Fig. 1) below it. To the shaft 121 is keyed a toothed wheel 123 meshing with a fixed ring of teeth 13. At the top of the frame 10-is a ratchet ring 103, driven by a pawl 14 mounted on a driving lever 141-1. The escape of gas is prevented at the top of the frame by means of a water seal 15 into which extends a ring 111 on the orifice 11 and at the bottom of the frame 10 is another ring 104 extending into a water seal 16.

In Figs. 2 and 3, the fuel is fedto the generator through an orifice 11 leading to a drum 12 on a shaft 121 adapted to turn in bearings 122 on the frame 10, and upon the shaft 121 is a bevel wheel 123 meshing with another bevel wheel 1% on one end of a vertical shaft 125, on the other end of which is a pinion 126 meshing with a fixed rack 127 so that when the frame is turned, the feed drum is actuated. Pokers 17 having flanges 171 are carried on the frame 10, the

pokers 17 being hollow and supplied with water for cooling them through pipes 172.

Upon each poker 17 is a rack 173 meshing with atoothed ring 18 fixed to a lever 19 upon which is a weight 191 for balancing the weight of the poker. The lever 19 is pivoted at 192 to a bracket 19,3 carried by the frame 10. The method of balancing the pokers forms no part of the present invention but is the subject of another application.

What we claim is I 1. In apparatus for feeding fuel to gas generators, a receiving and delivering drum mounted centrally over the mouth of the generator, means for rotating the drum about two axesat right angles to each other and means fordistributing the fuel.

2. In apparatus for feeding fuel to gas generators, a frame at the top of the generator, a horizontal shaft carried by the frame, a receiving and delivering drum mounted upon the horizontal shaft cenerator, a horizontal shaft carried by the frame, a receiving and delivering drum mounted upon the; horlzontal shaft. centrally over the mouth of the generator, a bevel wheel on the horizontal shaft, a vertical shaft, a bevel wheel upon the vertical shaft meshing with the other bevel wheel, a

pinion on the vertical shaft, a fixed rack meshing Withthe pinion, means for rotating the frame and ,means for distributing the fuel.

l. In apparatus for feeding fuel to gas generators, a frame at the top of the generator, a horizontal shaft carried by the frame, a receiving and delivering drum mounted upon the horizontal shaft centrally over the mouth of the generator, a bevel Wheel on the horizontal shaft, a Vertical shaft, a bevel Wheel upon the vertical shaft meshing with the other bevel Wheel, a pinion on the vertical shaft, a fixed rack meshing with the pinion, a rack on the frame and a driving pinlon gearing with the rack, and rneans for distributing the fuel.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our invention We have signed our names this 6th day of June, 1919.

GEORGE HERBERT BENTLEY. EDMUND GARDNER APPLEBY. 

